GOVERNANCE
Jens Glaso
Chief Executive Officer and Founder since 2015
- Born in 1971
- Award winning entrepreneur and founder of several companies
- Stock broker, trader and financial advisor for wealthy individuals and former executive vice president for Optimum ASA
- Founded TrustBuddy in 2009. Under his management TrustBuddy became the world’s biggest Peer-to-Peer(P2P) provider of short-term loans, the most diversified Crowdfunding company and the first publicly traded P2P company globally, on NASDAQ OMX First North (2011)
- Jens is a member of the Executive Board of The European Crowdfunding Network AISBL(ECN), a professional network promoting adequate transparency, regulation and governance
- For SPENN Technology A/S shareholding, please see list of top shareholders here
Bård Bjerkås
Chief Legal Officer & Co-founder since 2015
- Born in 1971
- Lawyer graduated from university of Oslo, Norway
- Founding member of several IT and real estate companies
- Worked in finance since he graduated as a lawyer
- Regulatory expert in international finance and tech
- Former CLO and CFO in TrustBuddy
- For SPENN Technology A/S shareholding, please see list of top shareholders here
Magne Fretheim
Chief Technology Officer & Board Member since 2021, also as CTO in Blockbonds AS since 2015
- Born in 1974
- In 1996 obtained a Bachelor degree in Engineering (IT), Høgskolen i Gjøvik, Norway
- More than 20 years of experience within IT, working within sectors such as banking and telecoms
- Strong knowledge of database systems, outsourcing, insourcing and IT operations. Worked extensively with distributed teams
- Broad experience from regulatory tech discussions
- Member of The European Crowdfunding Network’s Blockchain Working Group
- Not an independent board member
- For SPENN Technology A/S shareholding, please see list of top shareholders here
Staffan Herbst
Chief Financial Officer since 2018
- Born in 1983
- MSc Industrial Management and Engineering from Lund University, Sweden
- Performance-driven and multilingual finance professional with diversified experience in investment banking and risk management working at financial institutions such as UBS, Vontobel and Credit Suisse
- Solid knowledge of financial management with a broad sector and product knowledge. Vast experience of credit analysis and risk management across asset classes such as handling of foreign exchange risk and credit counterparty risk
- For SPENN Technology A/S shareholding, please see list of top shareholders here.
Karl-Anders Gronland
Chairman of the Board of Directors since 2021, non-executive
- Born in 1970
- In 1995 graduated as Cand.Jur from the University of Oslo (Law), as the best student of the year
- Lawyer and partner at SBG Storløkken AS, former judge
- Additional education in economics (Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration)
- Former secretary for the Norwegian Public Limited Liabilities Companies Act Commission that submitted its report to the new Norwegian Public Limited Liabilities Companies Act, NOU 1996:3
- Author of several books and articles on legal matters
- He is on the board of 13 companies, of which he is the chairman in ten
- For SPENN Technology A/S shareholding, please see list of top shareholders here
Adiam Negassie
Board Member since 2021, non-executive
- Born in 1981
- Holds a degree in Computer Engineering
- More than 15 years’ experience from the oil & gas and IT industry, with extensive experience in operations, business development and strategy
- Held various positions within project management, business development and management, including project manager and tender manager of engineering projects (EPC) in a large oil & gas company
- Successfully built the APAC division of a large Norwegian IT company in Malaysia, where she served as CEO
- Passionate about sustainable technologies and is currently serving as a business development director for a waste to energy company
- For SPENN Technology A/S shareholding, please see list of top shareholders here
Jan F. Andersen
Board Member since 2016, non-executive
- Born in 1967
- Master of Science degree in Economics and Business Administration, MSc (Econ) from Copenhagen Business School in 1992 and certificate of IAA
- Experience within management, business development, operation, finance and investment in digital and internet-based software, financial, consultancy and media companies
- Co-founder of Adpepper Media International N.V., which was listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and member of its Board of Directors for 11 years
- Co-founder of the investment company, DK Trends Invest A/S, which was listed on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange in 2007 and director therein between 2007-2011
- Holds various positions within the SPENN Technology A/S subsidiaries; CPH Crypto A/S, Netposten A/S and NPinvestor Fondsmæglerselskab A/S
- Not an independent board member
- For SPENN Technology A/S shareholding, please see list of top shareholders here
Petrus Johannes Van der Walt
Board member since 2021, non-executive
- Born in 1960
- B.Comm & Honns. B.Acc.& M.Comm., North-West University
- Executive Master’s Degree in Social Science - HEC School of Management, Paris
- Chartered Accountant (SA) Public Accountants and Auditor’s Board
- Experienced banking executive and community developer with an extensive career at top-level positions at various banks in South Africa and Zambia
- From 2018 served as an Executive Consultant and later CEO of Cavmont Bank Ltd in Zambia
- Expert in corporate leadership and the areas of operational and commercial banking, deep understanding of the importance of financial inclusion for low-income communities
- An independent board member
- For SPENN Technology A/S shareholding, please see list of top shareholders here
Magne Fretheim
Chief Technology Officer & Board Member since 2021, also as CTO in Blockbonds AS since 2015
- Born in 1974
- In 1996 obtained a Bachelor degree in Engineering (IT), Høgskolen i Gjøvik, Norway
- More than 20 years of experience within IT, working within sectors such as banking and telecoms
- Strong knowledge of database systems, outsourcing, insourcing and IT operations. Worked extensively with distributed teams
- Broad experience from regulatory tech discussions
- Member of The European Crowdfunding Network’s Blockchain Working Group
- Not an independent board member
- For SPENN Technology A/S shareholding, please see list of top shareholders here
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